TPM for the Lean Factory: Innovative Methods and Worksheets for Equipment Management

by Keniche Sekine, Keisuke Arai, Ken'ichi Sekine

Lean manufacturing cannot happen in a factory that lacks dependable, effective equipment. Breakdowns and processing defects translate into excess work-in-process and finished inventory, kept on hand "just in case." Recurring minor stoppages force employees to watch automated equipment that should run by itself. TPM gives a framework for addressing such problems, but many companies implement TPM at a superficial level, and the resulting productivity...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1563271915
• ISBN13: 9781563271915
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: Productivity Press
• Length: 358 Pages
• Weight: 2.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.5" x 10.9"